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15 Cards in this Set
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Alacrity
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n--cheerful eagerness
readiness good attitude |
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Abash
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v--to shame, to embarass
to DISCONCERT, to upset |
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Abate
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v-- to lessen in amount or intensity
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Abominable
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adj--detestable, loathsome, ODIOUS,
outrageously bad |
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Abridge
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v-- to reduce the length or extent of
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Abstain
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v--to keep oneself from doing something
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Abut
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v--to touch at one end or side of something, border upon
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Abeyance
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n--the condition of being temporarily set aside; suspension,
held in abeyance |
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Accentuate
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v--to accent, to stress or emphasize
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Accost
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v--to approach and speak first, "buttonhole"
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Acquiesce
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v-- to consent or COMPLY without protest
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Adamant
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adj--unyielding, inflexible,
INTRANSIGENT Similar to INEXORABLE |
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Acquistion
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n--something acquired
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Affinity
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n--1) an attraction or attractive force
2) relationship,kinship |
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Alleviate
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v--to make more bearable
MITIGATE,ASSUAGE,PACIFY, PLACATE,APPEASE,MOLLIFY, CONCILIATE,PROPITIATE, AMELIORATE |
